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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education